Nose Candy

Nose Candy

By: Chloe Coover + Maddie Phinney

Language: en

Categories: Arts, Fashion, Beauty, Leisure, Hobbies

A perfume podcast with Maddie Phinney and Chloe Coover. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episodes

Ep 103: minimalism
Jan 09, 2026

This week the ladies are cleaning house, paring down, and making room, just in time for an episode all about Minimalist Perfumes! Maddie and Chloe are Marie Kondo-ing their collections in search of the fragrances that do the most by saying the least. Are you interested in smelling like a $3000/ night bathroom? What about an overpriced drug store single scoop? A niche dupe designer imposter? If you like your perfume linear and your art confusing this is one geometric, electric, and positively eccentric episode you won't want to brush off!


Fragrances Discussed:


The Chate...

Duration: 00:59:08
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 17 (aka Ep 102): Nose Candy Wrapped 2025
Dec 19, 2025

It’s that time again! The ladies are facing the music and bringing you their Nose Candy Wrapped, ie the ten frags they wore on repeat in 2025. Some of the gals’ all-time favorite perfumers are represented, as well as some unexpected entries, including a grocery store find and a perfume that arrived by way of the Baltic Sea. Whether you want to smell like a rose macaron, a Caliber Collision, or a Hollywood hottie, these are the scents that Maddie and Chloe kept on heavy rotation.


Fragrances Discussed:


YSL Baby Cat

Una...

Duration: 01:27:09
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 15 (aka Ep 101): Prehistoric Perfume
Dec 12, 2025

This week your ladies are going into the wayback machine for an aeonic episode all about the scent of the stone-age. That means kitty fur fragrances, candied citrus smells, and tar pit perfumes. Maddie is back in LA and Chloe is on full-volume vocal rest but that didn't stop your gals from taking two one-way tickets to the primordial past for an embryonic, tectonic, and mildly psychotic ep you'll want fossilized in amber.


Fragrances Discussed


Obsession by Calvin Klein

Demeter Kitten Fur

Mud by Born to Stand Out

Duration: 01:15:07
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 14 (aka Ep 100): Age Regression
Dec 05, 2025

They're finally done it: your favorite old bags are now officially vintage, reporting live for their 100th episode! That's right it's the Nose Candy Scentennial and Maddie and Chloe are celebrating the occasion with the perfumes that make them feel young again. That means wooden spoon sillage, angel food frags, and a Greta Gerwig gourmand. Do you want to smell like sour milk? What about a lesbian barbie? Drugstore dollar cone? Whether you're spry and supple or crinkled and creaky, these are the itty witty teeny weeny perfumes that make your favorite overgrown babies want to wet their dipees. Duration: 01:11:16

Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 13 (aka Ep 99): Bimbo Summit
Nov 28, 2025

G’day fragolinis. This week the gals are choking down a spoon full of dumb bitch medicine for an episode all about bimbo perfumers! With Maddie reporting live from the UK, the ladies might be podding across the pond, but they’re still putting their last remaining brains cells together to sniff through their favorite scent: eau de airhead. That means waffle crisp frags, chlorine cup cakes, cannabis accords, and of course: the scent of shame. Whether you’re a foreskin fan, a Mrs. Butterworths enjoyer, or simply in need of gourmand relief, bottoms up: this deliriously ditzy episode is a l...

Duration: 01:13:10
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 12 (aka Ep 98): Extra-verts
Nov 21, 2025

Raise your glass fragheads, this week the gals are ready to mix and mingle for a conversation all about the scents that smell social. That means barnyard perfume, big cat purrjection, bitchy balmy beauties, and goat cheese gourmands. Whether you want a scent that's rude and remarkable, a doll head drydown, or a musk made for mating, these are the pert and primed party-animal perfumes you will not want to leave alone on a Friday night.


Fragrances Discussed:


Angel by Mugler

Female Christ by 19-69 

Obsession by Calvin Klein Duration: 01:34:34

Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 11 (aka Ep 97): Eau de Introvert
Nov 14, 2025

This week the ladies are paring down the projection, silencing sillage, and embracing alone time for an episode all about introvert perfumes! Listen in as the gals share the frags they spray when they'd like others to go away. Do you want to smell like wet paper towels? What about an employees-only restroom? Pick me perfume anyone? Whether you're a shy Sally, timid Timothee, or a bashful Bryn, this episode is a scented solo social hour that you will not want to call off!


Fragrances Discussed:


Totally White 126 Parle Moi de Parfum

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Duration: 01:17:09
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 10 (aka Ep 96): Dangling Carrots
Oct 31, 2025

This week your favorite peas in a pod are passing hot potatoes and spilling all the beans for a farm-fresh, wild-foraged, and picked-plump episode all about vegetable perfumes! Listen as these two lettuce ladies turnip the beet, sling back their wheatgrass and stew in their own juices while they discuss 80s body-builder frags, electric ambers, performance art perfumes and smoothie scents. Want to know the gals’ top three veg? What about their most unhinged kitchen confessions? Casually curious about what a zucchini tastes like? If you’re ready to peel back the layers and get to the heart of the ar...

Duration: 01:29:35
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 9 (aka Ep 95): Thrift Shop
Oct 24, 2025

Bonjour my little penny pinchers! This week the ladies are socking away their shekels and making a dollar holler for an episode all about the scent of the shrift store! That means everything from old lady breath to eau de Depop to soggy sweaters and Millenial musk. Want to smell like a stewardess perfume? What about a mentos tin? Weed and guava anyone? If you think Maddie and Chloe don't know their way around a bargain bin, think again: these two are rolling up their sleeves, pouring up their cold brews, and hitting the racks for a musty, dusty, and...

Duration: 01:26:52
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 8 (aka Ep 94): bamBOOZEle'd
Oct 17, 2025

Who’s thirsty? This week your gals are ditzy, frisky, and absolutely tipsy off an episode all about booze perfumes. It’s a bad day to be a beer at Nose Candy HQ, where the ladies are covering everything from wet ashtrays to pumpkin spice season to powdery patchouli perfection. What do you get when you mix a gay guy open bar and a fresh nipple piercing? Paint thinner Negronis of course! Get ready to pour one up, take one back, and tie one on and because this is an episode that you certainly won’t remember about perfumes you’ll...

Duration: 01:32:18
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 7 (aka Ep 93): The 1st Annual Big Beautiful Bottle Beauty Pageant
Oct 03, 2025

This week the ladies are finally(?) judging a book by its over in a no-holds-barred full bottle beauty pageant. That means fancy flacons, camp containers, and sculptural spritzers in every category. Whether you choose yours for a hint of heritage, a Canva-core campaign, or a delicate diffusion of drag, the ladies are the declaring the big beautiful bottle winners you won’t want to wait for.


Fragrances Discussed:


Oriza Legrand Héliotrope

Oriza Legrand Horizon

MDCI Invasion Barbare

MDCI Blue Satin

L'Officine Universelle Buly Eau Tri...

Duration: 01:11:26
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 6 (aka Ep 92): Daily Wear (and Tear!)
Sep 26, 2025

When you love so many frags it's hard to choose favorites, but this week Maddie and Chloe are offering a peek into their inner psyches so share the frags they reach for most often and the surprising reasons why they tear. With so many scents in their collections, learn whether the ladies want to smell like a rim job, The Jersey Shore, credit cards, vaniglia, white girl saffron, or perfume that doesn't smell like perfume. Whether you're a straight guy in a crop top, an extra in an indie film, or a smoker who doesn't wash her clothes, this e...

Duration: 01:48:32
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 5 (aka Ep 91): Forbidden Froot
Sep 19, 2025

Coucou mes bananes! This week Maddie and Chloe are upsetting the apple cart and sucking on sour grapes to bring you a jam packed episode all about fruit perfumes! Dive with them into the punch bowl as they cherry pick their favorites to arrive at the core of what makes these froot frags so freaking fresh. Whether you're here for seedy scents, juicy coochie, or just the gals' top 5 fruits in the fridge, this is one finger-banging, life-changing, low-hanging episode you won't want to die on the vine!


Fragrances Discussed:


Insolence by Guerlain<...

Duration: 01:26:57
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 4 (aka Ep 90): Crash Out
Sep 05, 2025

Bonjour mes chéries, mes amis, et mes enbies! If you thought it was time to cash out, dash out, or lash out, think again: it’s crash out o’clock at Nose Candy HQ, where Maddie and Chloe are sharing the frags they spritz when they’re losing grip. These two are hailing a cab at the intersection of green and creamy to offer a shot of Juul juice, a sniff of lube perfumes, a sip of Crystal Light, and a spray of seafaring sex to prime your crash out pump. Want to smell like a horse girl glow-up...

Duration: 01:30:10
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 3 (aka Ep 89): Tote Bag Frags
Aug 29, 2025

This week your ladies are carrying the whole world on their shoulders, ready to unpack a nomadic network of tote bag frags! The journey from LA to Marseille is a long one, and Maddie and Chloe are sharing the perfumes they wouldn't leave home without whether they're out OR about. Looking to smell like envelope glue? What about hide and seek perfume? Something to spray away that not-so-fresh feeling? Whether you carry it on your left or your right or want to go day-to-night these are the adorable, unignorable, and perfectly transportable scents that answer the question: what's in h...

Duration: 01:14:09
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 2 (aka Ep 88): Pump It Up!
Aug 22, 2025

This week your girls are sweaty, stiff, and sore in alllll the right places just in time for an ep about exercise perfumes! Maddie and Chloe are Squnging Towards Bethlehem (and the Glendale Galleria) on the hunt for weight gain frags, Icy Hot perfumes, and duty free drydowns. Whether you're here for a jaw workout, a labdanum lobotomy, or the scent of anonymised hair, the ladies are taking the zest and leaving the rest for a pulsing, pert, and perky episode you will not want to postpone!


** This episode is dedicated to perfumer Mary Behlar of B...

Duration: 01:08:04
Bon Bon Au Nez Ep 1 (aka Ep 87): The French Connection
Aug 14, 2025

Bonjour mes petits sniffies. The Nose Candy gals are back in the scented saddle with Chloe stationed in LA and Maddie reporting live from Marseille! Oceans away but ready to spray, the gals are talking jet lag, checked bags, and red flags, to bring you an episode dressed in head-to-toe Jacquemus. Want to smell like a dead butterfly? What about the ghost of Samantha Jones? Payless perfume anyone? Whether you're on a Eurotrip, in a domestic partnership or slowly losing your grip, your sunscreen-scented IV drip of Nose Candy Intl. is ready to be administered!


Curious...

Duration: 01:37:10
SCENT SWAP JUNE 1st 2025 - BE THERE OR BE SQUARE
May 23, 2025

Guess what? Your gals picked up the ol' podcast equipment once more to implore the divas near and far to get yer tickets NOW for this summer's hottest fragrance event!


Our 2025 Murmurs Scent Swap takes place June 1st from 6-9. Bring a 50% full bottle of a perfume you'd like to part with and get automatically entered into our raffle, featuring sponsors like Luckyscent, the IAO, HollywoodGifts, James Veloria, and the queen herself, Hilde Soliani (among many, many others!)


Don't wait to get your tickets...they're going fast and space is limited!


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Duration: 00:12:45
Ep 86: The Nose Candy Hotline (feat. Dan Allegretto)
Mar 26, 2025

They say opinions are like A$$holes: everyone has one. Well you're in luck frag hags because this very special Nose Candy Hotline episode has THREE! That's right, this week Maddie and Chloe are joined by artist, writer, sage advisor, and host of the hilarious podcast Dial Dan, Dan Allegretto! These three armchair experts are rolling up their sleeves, spraying down their wrists, and fastening on their thinking caps to answer your burning fragrance questions. That means everything from office scents to potato perfumes and mall goth musks to discontinuation discontent. Do you want to smell like fomo? What ab...

Duration: 01:29:08
Ep 85: Perfumes Past Lives?
Mar 19, 2025

Join your girls as they plumb the spiritual depths for a look into past life perfumes, which means everything from an incarnated infanticide frag, to an occulty Manson Family musk. Do you want to smell like the inherent darkness of the human soul? Or better a perfume that projects Pernicious Woman? A cosmic compendium of cherry chapsticks? Whether you're a gay housewife or a dirty Dubai chocolate bar, this is one Gelted and GOAT-ed episode that is best enjoyed in this lifetime.


Fragrances Discussed:


Slightly-B!tch by Filippo Sorcinelli

Encre Noire b...

Duration: 01:32:12
Ep 84: The Real World: Nose Candy
Mar 12, 2025

Curious about what happens when two frag hags stop being polite and start getting real? This is The Real World, Nose Candy edition, which means your fake ass hosts are finally cutting the crap and smelling it like it is. The gals are sharing their favorite Real perfumes which means everything from a sex work scent, a Midsommar musk, and Palm Springs potpouri. Whether you're in the pocket of big Little Gem, swinging on a shag carpet, or just sipping on olive juice, this is one fresh, frank, and fragrant ep you won't want to miss.


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Duration: 01:06:28
Ep 83: Fake A$$ B!tches
Mar 05, 2025

Want to know the frags Maddie and Chloe spray when they're feeling fraudulent? This week the fakest b!ches you know met up to talk about fragrance phonies, which means a banquette bouquet, a compote cologne and honey-ed horse chestnut. Whether you enjoy pudding with fall leaves, black pepper shortbread, or simply hair in your food, this is one bull$hit, bunk, and bogus ep you won't want to miss!


Fragrances Discussed:


Tonka Cola by Mancera

Panettone by Milano Fragranze

Hilde Soliani Sale e Pepe

Hilde Soliani...

Duration: 01:24:29
Ep 82: Fragrance Fantasy
Feb 26, 2025

This week the ladies are shining their scepters and filling their chalices just in time for an enchanted, ember-cloaked episode. Follow these bards along the wandering bridge to the Empire of Perfumoria and unlock the key to their Dark Twisted Perfume Fantasy. That means everything from a Bert and Ernie scent to a public library perfume and a mythic Mad Men fragrance. Whether you're a Dragon Rider, a Fae, a Wizard, or a necromancer, this is one elven and ethereal episode you won't want to miss!


Fragrances Discussed:


Warm Bulb by Clue

Le...

Duration: 01:13:18
Ep 81: Get Naked (I Got a Plan)
Feb 19, 2025

This week your ladies are Nude as the News just in a time for a buckwild episode all about naked perfumes! That means the ladies are disinfecting with a Fabuloso frag, scrubbing down with a St. Ives scent, and embracing the malodorous with Un Musc. All that plus a list of potential perfumer pod guests, Chloe's choreography playbook, and Maddie's brand new perfume collection setup.


Want to see these two bare it all ON VIDEO? Subscribe at patreon.com/nosecandy for Patreon-exclusive Nose Candy video episodes. You know you wanna see the gals live and in color...

Duration: 01:12:53
Ep 80: The Brunettepisode
Feb 12, 2025

What do Anne Hathaway, Padma Lakshmi, and Tom Cruise all have in common? They’re all card carrying members of the brunette union. For this tall dark and handsome ep Maddie and Chloe met up to discuss their favorite scents for brunettes, which meant architecture accords, benzoin bouquets, and a very special Passover perfume. Whether your hair is chestnut, chocolate, carmel or mahogany, this is a warm, rich, and tawny episode you won’t want to miss!


Fragrances Discussed:


Olene by Diptyque

Child by Susan D. Owens 

Green Spell by Er...

Duration: 01:27:39
Ep 79: Pretty Please!
Feb 05, 2025

This week your resident aesthetes met up to talk about perfumes that just smell... pretty. That means everything from French candy frags, to pound cake perfumes to a lobster bisque bouquet-- but this episode is more than just a pretty face! The search for the ultimate pretty girl perfume means tackling tough questions, such as: where can a girl get a pair of McQueen Armadillo boots? is Chloe's dream of quivering oysters a subconscious lesbian awakening? Why is Letterboxd called that? Whether you're a Pretty Mess, too pretty to work, or pretty much over reading this, pretty pretty please wil...

Duration: 00:52:51
Ep 78: Eau de Eraserhead
Jan 29, 2025

This week the ladies met up for a very timely episode in honor of the reason all student films look like that: the late great David Lynch. Inspired by their favorite artist's unique brand of terrifying cheeriness, the gals are talking about the surreal perfumes in their collections that are a bit.. askew. That means glass-scented sunshine, wood mill musk, tour bus toilet, and tampax top notes. From the scent of a Hollywood bungalow to meditation musk to a Laura Palmer perfume, these are the frags your gals are huffing like Dennis Hopper in memoriam of the best to e...

Duration: 01:25:00
Ep 77: Surprises and Disappointments
Jan 22, 2025

Can you guess which perfumes made the Nose Candy ladies :) and :( in 2024? Maddie and Chloe met up to discuss the year's most fragrant foibles and most redolent rewards, which means hair gel perfume, muffled roses, and a healthy spray of wax seal. Listen in as Chloe delves into her intergalactic voyage to meet Mr Universe, while Maddie scores a life-changing DILF perfume at their annual holiday scent swap. Whether you see the glass half full or are waiting for the other shoe to drop, this is a tart, tangy, toothsome little TBT you won't want to miss!


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Duration: 01:19:34
Ep 76: 2025 Trend Forecast
Jan 09, 2025

It's that time of year again: your favorite olfactory oracles are gazing into their crystal balls to predict the biggest fragrance trends of 2025. That means everything from shower suds, to sea sprays, to cunted cantaloupe and creamy cleavage. Whether you want to smell like a seafaring melon, a sinewy starlet, or simply Slightly B!tch, do not touch that dial!


Fragrances Discussed:


Clue Warm Bulb

d'Annam white rice

Diptyque Eau Papier

Santal Basmati by Affinessence

Andrea Maack Ceramic

Chokedee by Strangers Parfumerie

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Duration: 01:39:13
Ep 75: Loose Lips
Jan 01, 2025

This week your ladies are glossy, bossy, and oakmoss-y just in time for an episode all about lipstick perfume! Maddie and Chloe met up to review their fave lipstick-scented frags and break down the notes that make these perfumes oh so kissable. That means the scent of a dominatrix on duty, a powdery pocketbook, and Eau de Eiffel Tower. All that plus the ladies host yet another scent swap, Maddie gets the sniffles, and Chloe cosplays as Beverly Hills Housewife Dorit Kemsley. Whether you overline, tint, stain, contour or simply bury them in Blistex, read our lips: listen to t...

Duration: 01:13:32
Ep 74: I'm A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here (feat. Lily Marotta)
Dec 19, 2024

This week the ladies are sipping on Erewhon smoothies and ducking from paparazzi flashbulbs alongside world-famous Celebrity Book Club podcast co-host Lily Marotta! The comedian, performance artist, and infamous Italian American sat down with Maddie and Chloe for a conversation all about Celebrity perfumes, which meant everything from the scent of animal cruelty to cinnamon infinity pools to Eau de Vitamin Water. If you're a fan of lesbian feminist spoken word, the Bubble Yum duck, Broadway screen adaptations, or simply Old Hollywood glamour with modern touches, do not touch that dial: this is one A-list episode you will not...

Duration: 01:27:08
Ep 73: Spice Up Your Life
Dec 11, 2024

This week your Cinnamon Girls are spicing things up with an episode all about pepper-upper perfumes that not only cut the mustard but are absolutely worth their salt! We all know variety is the spice of life, so Maddie and Chloe reached deep into the pantry for a discussion of their favorite olfactory seasoning blends. That means everything from Indian food frags, 80s aesthetics, patchouli projection, and bread and butter perfume. Whether you want to smell like a rose in an armpit or Sharon Stone in Casino, this episode is one piquant flavor saver that brings the heat!

Duration: 01:19:58
Ep 72: Nose Candy Wrapped 2024
Dec 05, 2024

Music on, world off. Inspired by the block rocking beats they pumped all year, Maddie and Chloe met up to discuss their most played perfumes of 2024, just in time for Nose Candy Wrapped! Whether you want to smell like a hot milk injection, a perfect pussy petal, or Maddie in middle school, this is the definitive list of the fb frags your gals just couldn't put down.


Fragrances Discussed:


Guerlain Insolence

Zoologist Hummingbird

Etat Libre d'Orange Rien

Guerlain Mitsouko

Joy by Jean Patou

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Duration: 01:20:49
Ep 71: Fragrances of Mass Destruction
Nov 27, 2024

This week your favorite supersprayers have their finger on a button even more destructive than the pulse of perfume popularity. That's right, Maddie and Chloe came to the table for a two-woman treaty on nuclear perfume performance and these hawks are ready to declare all out olfactory warfare! Before they detonate, they're targeting the tough tactical questions, namely: Which perfume is 80s-era Melanie Griffith wearing? Is Hilde Soliani a cheesemonger on weekends? When the hell will Vanna White finally retire??? Seek shelter and don't forget your prep kit; this is an atomic episode that guarantees Mutually Assured Destruction :)

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Duration: 01:14:37
Ep 70: I Do (feat. Steve Gontarski)
Nov 20, 2024

Start preening your Pinterest and refining your registry fragheads, this week the ladies are joined by fan fave Nose Candy guest Steve Gontarski to talk all about wedding perfumes! You may know Steve from his genius Tik Toks, ubiquity on the Luckyscent instagram, and as the manager of Scent Bar LA, but did you know he's also mawwied? The LA perfume icon sat down with the gals to talk about the scent he wore on his wedding day and graciously allowed the ladies to design their own fantasy weddings, which meant white tuxedos, chocolate fountains, and a perfume that...

Duration: 01:48:57
Ep 69: Do You Believe In Magic?
Nov 13, 2024

Dust off your top hat and pull out your white rabbit because this week your favorite mentalists are discussing perfect perfume illusions. Maddie and Chloe both brought along olfactory evidence of perfumers' sleight of hand, which means a warm hair scent, a Frou Frou frag and a reincarnated rose. Are you ready to suspend disbelief, embrace illusion, and experience the mind-bending mentalism of perfume magic? This is one fabulous feat of fragrance endurance you will not want to miss!


Fragrances Discussed:


Mango on the Rocks Hilde Soliani

Snowy Owl by Zoologist<...

Duration: 01:21:02
Ep 68: So Crazy It Just Might Work
Nov 06, 2024

This week your gals are going nuts for a petroleum perfume, bananas for a thai food frag, and losing their senses over the smell of Hot Dog on a Stick. That's right, Maddie and Chloe are sliding off their straight jackets to share the unhinged perfumes in their collections that are juuuust crazy enough to work. That means everything from sneaky balene, to Mother's Day milkshakes to Blue Velvet burglaries. All that PLUS Maddie overcomes her social media addiction, Chloe adds a stack of titles to her Cinema Salon, and the ladies cook up a Parent Trap-style caper to g...

Duration: 01:23:29
Ep 67: Memento Odori
Oct 31, 2024

Calling all corpses! It's almost fright night at Nose Candy HQ, and Maddie and Chloe are celebrating the only way they know how: by spraying the sepulchral scent of death. This week your favorite tricks are treating you with a Memento Mori special episode just in time for All Hallows Eve. That means the deathly scent of a funeral pyre, haunted potpourri in a wicker basket, devastating natural disasters, ghoulish grape markers and much more! Whether you're dead and decaying, living and giving, or a specter in search of your signature scent, this is one nightmare of an episode you...

Duration: 01:08:20
Ep 66: Under The Influence (feat. Marc Sebastian)
Oct 23, 2024

Looking for a blueprint to become famous on TikTok? Don't turn that dial: this week the Nose Candy ladies are joined by Los Angeles' sexiest content creator slash reptile enthusiast Marc Sebastian! Marc sat down with Maddie and Chloe to discuss TikTok perfume trends, Oreo events, shoplifting from Abercrombie, vintage vinegar, and the social ramifications of chronic face blindness. Follow along as they sniff through a Titanic scent, a Play Dough perfume, and two unreleased Chanel frags (hello Nose Candy exclusive!). Would you like to smell like an estate sale? What about an opossum? A hairspray-covered grape lollipop? These thr...

Duration: 01:37:08
Ep 65: A Method to the Madness (feat. Kate Berlant)
Oct 16, 2024

What's my motivation? This week the Nose Candy gals are going Inside the Actor's Studio with the brilliant and hilarious comedian, actress, and podcaster Kate Berlant! Kate sat down with Maddie and Chloe for a table read about their favorite Method Acting perfumes, or the scents they spray to get into character. Listen in as these three go off book to discuss perfume for chronic migraines, curly hair scent sensitivity, fragrance gatekeeping, and perfume shopping at the furniture store. Would you like to smell like a brand new car? What about a jumbo tin of bag balm? A morning j...

Duration: 01:11:33
Ep 64: Careless Whisper
Oct 09, 2024

This week your gals are hushed, brushed. tapped, and tucked in for an Nose Candy ASMR episode about fragrances that WHISPER. That means Maddie and Chloe are finally piping down to share the scents in their collections that speak volumes... at the quietest volume possible. Follow along as they sniff a Molecule 01 for girls, a Frederic Fekkai frag, a desperation musk, and a Larry Gagosian perfume. All that PLUS answers to the week's toughest questions, including: is astrology a smartphone-based practice? What is the scent of a triple-text? Is Venice the New Orleans of Europe? Whether your frag speaks so...

Duration: 01:22:07
Ep 63: Get Well Soon (feat. Andrea Maack)
Oct 02, 2024

This week your gals are blessed, buzzed, and beaming brighter than the Northern Lights; artist and creative director of Andrea Maack Perfumes Andrea Maack is in the building! The chicest woman in Iceland sat down with Maddie and Chloe to talk about smells that project Wellness, which meant sampling a Four Seasons fragrance, a hand soap scent, eau de equinox, and a poppers perfume. Whether you're slugging colloidal silver, crazy for cryotherapy, addicted to acupuncture, or fit as a fiddle, this episode is just the alternative treatment the holistic healthcare practitioner ordered!


Want even more from t...

Duration: 01:29:30
Ep 62: Shower Power
Sep 25, 2024

Oh, you think you know freshies? Think again frag hag. This week the Nose Candy ladies are getting wet and wild for a clean-themed episode all about the scintillating scent of the shower. Looking to smell like a guido at 1 OAK? What about a piece of Milanese man meat? A department store diva or an old money motha? Whether you're doing it dirty and want to clean up or are freaky and fresh and want to feel filthy, this is one squeaky, sudsy, steamy episode you will not want to miss!


Fragrances Discussed:


L'ea...

Duration: 01:33:24
Ep 61: What's That Smell?
Sep 18, 2024

This week Maddie and Chloe find themselves on two different coasts, but that won't stop these bloodhounds from putting their noses where they don't belong. Follow along as our two little improvisers say "yes, and" and apply the Nose Candy perfume rating system to a suite of completely random household objects! Whether you like huffing paint, smelling pens or sniffing glue, this noxious little ep will leave you short of breath and high on life! 


(Reminder: Maddie and Chloe are NOT role models. Please do not try this at home)


Fragrances(?) Discussed:


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Duration: 01:18:22
PATREON PREVIEW - BONUS: The Smell Of Money
Sep 12, 2024

BIG NEWS! Your favorite lil stinkers launched a Patreon!


This is a short preview of a bonus episode that's available in full on Patreon. Subscribers will get main eps a day early, weekly bonus content, and more!


!!! www.patreon.com/nosecandy !!!


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Okay you little spendthrifts: think you can sniff out a drugstore cheapie from a top shelf nichie? For this bonus episode Chloe puts Maddie to the test, asking her to guess the price range for a selection of secret frags. Listen in as they discuss the...

Duration: 00:02:58
Ep 60: Girl Power!
Sep 10, 2024

Put your deuces up and get ready to spice up your life because this week your favorite gender separatists are subverting the dominant paradigm to talk about must-have girl power scents. Listen in as Maddie and Chloe tie on their pink pussy hats to sniff a hyper-femme floriental, a lesbian-coded powder puss frag, and a perfume that smells like a porno. These two are closing their legs (finally) and widening the gender gap just in time for a no-boys-allowed episode you will not want to miss!  


Fragrances Discussed:


Drakkar Noir by Guy Laroche

Duration: 01:13:20
Ep 59: The Body Keeps The Score (feat. Abdi Taslimi)
Sep 03, 2024

This week the Nose Candy gals are joined by White Smellephant collaborator and bestie Abdi Taslimi to talk about the smell of sweat, the perfume of pussy juice, the bouquet of blood, and the stink of shit. The genius artist working in perfume sat down with Maddie and Chloe to Let The Bodies Hit The Floor, sharing their favorite scents that recall the beautiful rainbow of human secretions. Whether you're looking to smell like a barnyard, a bellybutton, baby batter, bile, or simply a butthole, this is one damp, humid, dripping, viscous episode you will not want to miss!<...

Duration: 01:42:04
Ep 58: Rich Frag, Poor Frag
Aug 27, 2024

Do you smell like an asset or a liability? This week Maddie and Chloe are diversifying their portfolios, consolidating their debts, and leveraging their Guru with Broke Bitch Juice just in time for a very special solo ep about the scent of money. Follow these two from the dregs of Duane Reade, to the annals of Amazon, to the shiny floor of the department store for insider tips on how to best allocate your fragrance funds. Whether you're ready to blow the wad on the smell of laundry with skid marks, or looking to save your shekels for a p...

Duration: 01:22:30
Ep 57: I F#%king Love Science! (feat. Sean Raspet)
Aug 20, 2024

Grab your beaker and tare your scale because the Nose Candy ladies are back in the lab to talk about the science of scent. This week Maddie and Chloe are joined by genius artist and aroma chemist Sean Raspet to discuss the process of creating a scent on the molecular level, and to sniff through some of Sean's unreleased fragrance molecules. That means they're talking about everything from the scent of seafaring melon, to floral formaldehyde, to eau de air conditioning. Whether you want to smell like ethical manufacturing practices, a "mystery" Starburst flavor or the scent of betrayal, t...

Duration: 01:41:00
Ep 56: Freakum Frags
Aug 09, 2024

Ever wonder the perfumes beautiful brunette women wear when they want to freak it? This week the Nose Candy gals are dressed to the nines and sharing the Freakum Frags they pull out when they want to show out. Whether you're back on the dating circuit, baring it all on stage, or just want to feel you puss deep down in your soul, your girls are sharing the scents they wear when the clock strikes freak o'clock. Follow along as Maddie buys a fvck-me frock in Freakonos and gets Naked and Afraid in Griffith Park while Chloe preps for her...

Duration: 01:11:39
Ep 55: brat diet summer
Aug 02, 2024

While the rest of you have been celebrating brat summer, Team Nose Candy has taken BRAT diet summer international. That means bananas, rice, applesauce, and toast for your gals, who are not only snatched to the gods but suffering from extreme digestive distress! When better than dealing with diverticulitis to discuss the palliative perfumes that soothe the soul (and the GI tract)? Are you on the hunt for a changing table frag? What about a key lime pie scent? Care for a synagogue cookie? Whether you've been gorging on gluten, have invited coronavirus back into your life, or are co...

Duration: 01:17:15
Ep 54: Norway José (feat. Jenny Hval)
Jul 18, 2024

Slip into your bunad and prepare to bask in the midnight sun because this week the Nose Candy gals are talking to artist, writer, musician, and iconically Nordic nose Jenny Hval! Listen in as these three discuss the scents of Scandinavia, from cardamom buns to fig fibs to a brand new Swedish fashion frag. Want a perfume that smells like fresh dry cleaning? What about a spritz of cheesy popcorn? Scented rice sound nice? Seize the day, overspray, and anchors away because not even a fjord could separate these three from their frags.


Want even more o...

Duration: 01:44:09
Ep 53: Pink Ladies (feat. Marissa Zappas)
Jul 11, 2024

Queue up Aerosmith, slather on some calamine lotion and charge your quartz crystals because it's Pink Friday at Nose Candy HQ. This week Maddie and Chloe are joined by perfumer Marissa Zappas to discuss the character of coral,  the funk of fuschia, and the brilliance of blush to finally get to the bottom of what makes a perfume smell pink. Follow along as they sniff through Myspace scents, gas station frags and paint thinner perfumes to pinpoint the pink prototype. Whether you want to smell like bubblegum, Leighton Mesiter, Mattel, or the Scottish Highlands, this is one plastic and fantas...

Duration: 01:29:15
Ep 52: SCENT SWAP @ MURMURS, 7/6 (!!!)
Jul 05, 2024

Calling all fragheads!!


Please join the Nose Candy gals this Saturday July 6th at 5:30 pm at Murmurs gallery for our first ever public perfume exchange!


Tickets: https://withfriends.co/event/20297932/nose_candy_scent_swap

Where: Murmurs 1411 Newton St. Los Angeles

When: July 6, 2024 from 5:30-8:30 pm. The swap and raffle begins promptly at 7pm.


Have you ever been gifted a perfume that just didn’t suit you? Or blind bought a fragrance that left you with fragrets? The Nose Candy Scent Swap is your chance to finally tur...

Duration: 00:05:24
Ep 51: Who / What / Wear (feat. Maxwell Williams of UFO Parfums)
Jun 28, 2024

Ever wonder how the hell a perfume is conceived of, composed, and created? This week the Nose Candy gals are offering a peek behind the scented curtain courtesy of DJ, writer, and genius perfumer Maxwell Williams! The creator of UFO Parfums joins team Nose Candy to chat about everything from Santorum scents to bug juice perfume to stage crew frags to fork and knife gourmands. These three marketing matchmakers are putting their heads together to answer the tough questions, namely: was Louis XIV the original gender warrior? How painful is butthole electrolysis? Are rim jobs gender agnostic? Is The Rectum...

Duration: 01:50:19
Ep 50: The Scent of the Summer
Jun 20, 2024

This week ladies are spray-tanned, guru-canned and taking the stand (with perfume on hand) to select the Scent of the Summer. The gals showed up to Nose Candy HQ in matching gay guy uniforms with only one thing on the brain: beach season! That means nonbinary frags, a Blue Crush perfume, and a sunscreen standby with notes of, you guessed it, bug spray. Grab your towel and slip into your slides because this is one wet and wild ep that you won't want to miss!


Fragrances Discussed:


Tropical Punch by Escada

S...

Duration: 01:20:38
Ep 49: Abundance Mindscent
Jun 14, 2024

This week the Nose Candy ladies have been practicing gratitude and baditude just in time for a perfume manifestation solo episode. Listen in as Maddie and Chloe tune into the harmony of the universe to discuss the scents they spray when they're calling in the law of attraction. From sex magick to welfare checks to poop perfume to an entire global panini, these two magnetic main characters are casting their lists and raising their frequency for an frag-filled episode that's high vibe and highly inappropriate.


Fragrances Discussed:


Jungle Jezebel by Sarah Baker @houseofsarahbaker<...

Duration: 01:14:55
Ep 48: G'Morning Sickness! (feat. Emily Segal)
Jun 07, 2024

This week the girls are gestating, celebrating, and puke-baiting with a very special episode about the perfumes they're selecting when they're Expecting. Who better to discuss the scent of pregnancy than writer, trend forecaster, and glamorously pregnant diva Emily Segal! The Nose Candy gals sat down with the author of Mercury Retrograde (Deluge, 2020) to talk about digital coffee, Baggu barf and the correct pronunciation of the word "midwifery." From Bisquick and orange juice, to expired Flintstones vitamins, to Robitussin scents and parmesan perfumes these three are celebrating the gift of life with the gift of gab for an engorged and...

Duration: 01:30:07
Ep. 47: City of (Mugler) Angels (feat. Saskia Wilson-Brown)
May 30, 2024

Pop a microdose, pull a tarot card and crack a Kin because this week the Nose Candy gals are joined by artist and Institute for Art and Olfaction founder Saskia Wilson-Brown to talk about the smell of their all-time favorite city: Los Angeles. Join these three ladies for a slow ride down LA's surface streets where they explore moldy swimsuit musk, eau de art deco, and botox base notes. Want to smell like the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland? What about the Hollywood Farmers Market? Gloria Swanson's snail trail? These three are saying it, spraying it, and...

Duration: 01:50:27
Ep 46: Noise Candy
May 23, 2024

Rosin your bows and tune your harps because this week the Nose Candy ladies are talking about perfumes that smell how music sounds. Your favorite synesthetes took a short break from party rocking to discuss barefoot 70s surfer frags, Southern Comfort scents and barnyard banjo perfumes. What to smell like one of Aesop's fables? What about a freak folk guitar solo? LSD perfume anyone? All that PLUS the ladies host another white smellephant, Maddie makes an epic NIN mix and Chloe's life is changed by Joanna Newsom live in concert (twice!).


Fragrances discussed:


Li...

Duration: 01:21:02
Ep 45: The P Word (feat. Chandler Burr)
May 17, 2024

Pull out your thesaurus and moisten your quill because this week Maddie and Chloe are joined by former New York Times perfume critic Chandler Burr to discuss the language of scent. The author sat down with the Nose Candy gals to talk about (how to talk about) everything from synthetic molecules to Joan Didion to Abstract Expressionism to Yankee Candles. Looking for a perfume that smells like a David Hockney painting? What about a Laura Ashley duvet cover? Razorblade rose petals? Grab your scented notebooks fragheads because this is a lesson in perfume rhetoric with one of the best...

Duration: 01:47:16
Ep 44: The E! True Hollywood Story (feat. Tierney Finster)
May 09, 2024

This week the Nose Candy gals are giving you a sniff behind the scented curtain to see what happens when three divas stop being polite and start getting real. This is the Nose Candy E! True Hollywood Story and who better to join Maddie and Chloe for this heart wrenching docu-drama than podcaster, writer, cultural historian and all around glamour puss Tierney Finster?! The three ladies sat down to discuss the perfumes that scented the motion picture soundtracks of their lives which means bisexual smells, hoochie perfumes, and performance artist frags. Want to smell like Samantha's beach house in...

Duration: 02:01:48
Ep 43: Delightfully Tacky Yet Unrefined (feat. River Gallo)
May 02, 2024

Calling all Jersey Girls! This week the Nose Candy ladies are joined by actor, writer, filmmaker and New Jersey expert, River Gallo! Listen in as these three discuss the scents of the Garden State, from the smell of rose gold, to chlorine skin, to the hooters breakroom and the Marshalls checkout line. Want to smell like an engaged nurse practitioner? What about a blend of Alizé and St Ives apricot scrub? A Manhattan publisher who moves to Montclair? Stay tuned goomahs, this is one ep you will not want to fuggetabout!


Want even more from the gif...

Duration: 01:31:26
Ep 42: The Dank-isode
Apr 25, 2024

Turn on your lava lamp and queue up Ben Harper because this week the ladies are celebrating the High Holidays. That's right, it's a 420-themed episode coming at you a week late and a dime bag short. Light up with your gals as they discuss their favorite cannabis scents, from the smell of yesterday's outfit to a patchouli contact high to a schwag frag and a pimento perfume. Chloe shares how she got scared straight, Maddie packs a bowl and an attaché case for a meth lab business trip, and both divas walk away smelling like desperation weed and b...

Duration: 01:23:19
Ep 41: I Smell A Tragedy (feat. Ruby McCollister)
Apr 18, 2024

Get your tissues ready frag heads because this week the ladies are joined by actress, writer, and melodramatic perfume muse Ruby McCollister! Ruby sat down with Chloe and Maddie to talk about the most tragic frags in their collections, from a haunted matinee scent, to the smell of 911, to a ballerina panty perfume and a Great Depression standby. Already crying Fracas-scented tears? Dry your eyes and prime your nose because this is an ep you will not want to miss!


Want to get more of Ruby McCollister? Follow her on insta @ruby.mccollister, get a bottle of T...

Duration: 01:25:52
Ep 40: God Bless This Stress (feat. John Early)
Apr 11, 2024

This week the gals are joined by none other than hilarious comedian, perfume insider, and star of the upcoming film, Stress Positions, John Early! These three nervous nellies sat down to talk about STRESS scents and sniffed out everything from Post-it glue, Nescafé breath, burning tires, and pick-me perfume. Searching for a Pina Bausch frag, a Pussy Posse scent, or Pat the Bunny dupe? I cannot stress this enough: go listen to the ep!


Want even more of the inimitable John Early? Follow him on insta and twitter at @bejohnce, watch his hilario HBO special Now M...

Duration: 01:28:31
Ep 39: The Smoke Show (feat. Carey O'Donnell)
Apr 04, 2024

Put your lighters up, because this week your resident pyros are joined by gifted writer, hilario podcaster and loud and proud frag head Carey O'Donnell! Listen in as Carey and the gals inhale the good shit and exhale the bullshit while they gab about their favorite smoke scents, tobacco frags, and cig-coded perfumes. From the hunt for cold fire, to the smell of a class warrior, to the royal family's bid for a graphic design intern, these three are following their noses to bring you the REAL smoking gun. Searching for a Pete Buttigieg perfume? The Smell of the Ca...

Duration: 01:47:22
Ep 38: Mother May I?
Mar 21, 2024

Our little homesickies are back from their business travel and only want one thing: Mommy! Somebody call Ancestry.com because these two genealogists have been sniffing around the family tree and they want answers, namely: What exactly makes a perfume smell like mommy's milkers? Can you replicate the scent of grandma's soap dish? Is a Millennial MILF a Tommy Girl all grown up? All that plus the best brunch city in North America, dreidel perfume, good soap gone bad, and the most boring film ever made. Get ready to suckle this week frag heads because these two fertile myrtles hav...

Duration: 01:24:04
Ep 37.5: The Patchoulympics
Mar 07, 2024

Did the Patchoul-isode leave you wanting more? You're in luck! A sexy, earthy, woody, musky bonus ep is here to help you get your next fix of funk. Listen as the gals smell through an iced tea flavored patchouli, a drakkar-coded patch, a date night-chouli and a wet paint holy grail. Some may call it hyperfixation, but for these two hippies it's just another day in soil-scented paradise.


Fragrances Discussed:


Patchouli Mania by Essential Parfums

Cachouli by Strangers Perfume

Diptyque Tempo

Dead Air by Oddity Fragrance

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Duration: 00:21:06
Ep 37: Uncanny Valley Girls
Feb 29, 2024

This week the ladies open an uncan of whoop-ass to discuss perfumes that feel a bit... off. Maddie and Chloe are plumbing the depths of the uncanny valley to explore the freakiest gourmands in their collections and get to the bottom of what makes them so strange. From Smart and Final cookie scents, to white chocolate lavender Frappuccinos to almond saltwater taffy to Ludens cherry lozenges, the gals share smells that are easy to love and difficult to understand. Question: did you eat Play Doh as a kid? This one's for you.


Fragrances Discussed:


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Duration: 01:16:12
Ep 36: Smash or Pass (feat. Heather Jewett)
Feb 22, 2024

This week the ladies get HELLA NERVOUS and talk with writer, podcaster, and Gravy Train!!!! sex symbol, Heather Jewett! The electroclash pioneer sat down with Maddie and Chloe to talk about fuck me frags, Man Repeller smells, autofiction perfume, and Susan scents. Drunk off power and Guru, these Interesting Women debate The Dress, 90s pricing strategies, new car smell, hacky sack aesthetics, The Red Hat Society and much more. Somebody call The Better Business Bureau because this week the gals are breaking every perfume rule AND labor law in the book!


Want to beam up to P...

Duration: 01:43:36
Ep 35: The Patchouli-sode
Feb 15, 2024

Our little loud mouths are back on their sode box to talk about the most misunderstood genus of the Dead Nettle family: patchouli! It's a veritable Monster's Ball as the ladies crack open Y2K energy drinks, sniff cider scents, call in short kings, and debate the global high-end nail polish monopoly. Chloe shops her closet, Maddie falls back in love with her collection, and the ladies pay homage to a goth icon with the same name as a Costa Mesa mom. Want to smell like a girl who once was a woman? What about Carlton, the bisexual wiccan fr...

Duration: 01:28:41
Ep 34: Miss Mary Maack (feat. Lara Marie Schoenhals)
Feb 08, 2024

Big day here at Nose Candy HQ: this week the gals are joined by none other than writer, comedian and podcast luminary Lara Marie Schoenhals! Lara, a lifelong perfume enjoyer and iconic candlehead, sat down with Chloe and Maddie to chat about a 90s perfume standby, Gap Grass. Listen in as the gals discuss the difference between mowed astroturf and sexy meadows, the intersection of vagina frags and piss perfume, and (of course) debate the pheromone myth. Want to smell like a grass merkin? What about the Pirates of the Caribbean ride? A kermit core summer salad? Grab your fig leave...

Duration: 01:57:46
Ep 33: I Bought it 4 The Bottle
Feb 01, 2024

This week two beautiful immaculate women judge a book by its MFing cover and rate perfumes according to their outsides. Listen along as our little aesthetes share the frags they bought just for the bottle and discuss whether the juice inside stacks up. The GuGu dolls review a Patti LaBelle perfume, ponder a desexualized scent, sniff a frag that smells like Fun Stripe gum, and reveal an iconic Billy Madison bottle. All that plus Chloe's indecent Uber proposal, Maddie's run-in with a pre-Instagram reality star and an answer to the eternal question: are perfume bottles just vaginas by another na...

Duration: 01:50:02
Ep 32: Soap Stars (feat. Madeleine Kunkle)
Jan 25, 2024

Make room on the casting couch: this week the Nose Candy gals are joined by die hard fraghead, artist, and trend-setting fashion designer Madeleine Kunkle! Maddy sits down with Chloe and Maddie to discuss the topic of Hollywood perfumes, browse "PerfumeCelebritiesWear.com", and decode the difference between celebrity frags and frags worn by celebrities. They're covering everything from Aromatics Elixir-inspired fashion at the Latin Grammys to cupcakes in the locker room to Windex perfume (with a side of the BRAT diet). Looking to smell like a baddie on Entourage? What about strawberry Bubble Yum from 711? Nerf ball push-up bra a...

Duration: 01:42:44
Ep 31: Yes, And?
Jan 18, 2024

Happy New Year little sniffies. This week the ladies are sober, caffeinated, and back in the scented saddle to forecast the biggest perfume trends of 2024. From chock full-o-nuts to anorexic perfumes to uncrustable frags to dusty sap to pissy pee pees, our little oracles are gazing into their crystal balls to see what the f*ck this year will smell like. Smell along as Maddie and Chloe share their research on the ancient tribe of the Los Feliz Wide Brim Hat Girl, threaten to wear rim job perfume on a date, and get buycurious on Fragrancenet. Rip open a bag of...

Duration: 01:21:00
Ep 30.5: Do the Dew
Jan 04, 2024

Roller queens unite! This week the ladies couldn't meet IRL so they're sharing a sneaky little bonus ep. Want to smell like rose stem and tree sap? How about french vanilla ice cream? Velvet skin? Tune in, turn on, sniff out.


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Fragrances Discussed:


Falling by Ramp Tramp Tramp Stamp 

Basilica by Milano Fragranze

Odette Parfum Co. Pas de Chat

Odette Parfum Co. Petit Gateau


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Duration: 00:19:04
Ep 30: Ozempic Orchids
Dec 28, 2023

It's party season which means your girls are celebrating their Year of Rest and Manifestation with two ice-cold Gurus and matching two-day hangovers. This week the ladies attend a rave, unpack the Mother God documentary, co-host a perfume white smellephant, and test out a new sound cue in the editing suite. Maddie celebrates her birthday with jell-o shots and a case of amnesia while Chloe shares her white elephant strategy and reveals a celebrity crush. All that plus Muji perfume aesthetics, a new (ungodly) euphemism for bottoming, arugula accords, the world's sexiest skin scent, and yet another frag that smells...

Duration: 01:43:54
Ep 29: Q4uoria
Dec 21, 2023

This week the ladies are living out their piña colada fantasy and going all-inclusive at Sandals Resorts! That's right, they're talking about their favorite vacation frags for fun in the sun, a Vegas strip club, or simply to terrify everyone near you on your flight. Listen as the gals John Cage the house down boots and bravely ask: Are there more than four hot men in Los Feliz? Is it a leap year for cuffing season? What does old lady breath smell like? Is it a perfume or a Gauguin painting? All that PLUS pissy hay, Colgate original, cougar sce...

Duration: 01:32:24
Ep 28.5: Nose Candy Wrapped
Dec 13, 2023

This was supposed to be a bonus but the ladies couldn't stop gabbing: It's the Nose Candy year in frag review! Chloe and Maddie share their Top 5 frags of the year, reveal their average monthly spend on fragrance (terrifying), and offer up the perfect bad mood perfume. All that plus umami frags, salad perfume, wind chime scents, a vermin fragrance, and the smell of clean sex toys. Dying to know the ten perfumes that rocked our girls in 2023? Tune in to see who made it to the very sloppy toppy of the list!


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Duration: 00:57:27
Ep 28: The Holiday Gift-isode
Dec 07, 2023

It's finally here: The Nose Candy Holiday Gift Guide! The ladies put their persona marketing experience to work to share the perfect prezzies for your nearest and dearest. This week they're hitting all the high notes and that means rubbery rhubarb, grass flavored popsicle, freaked up banana, and (of course) eau de pussÿ. Looks like this year Santa brought a hot, wet, juicy episode of Nose Candy just for you. Now get on your knees and say thank you :)


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Fragrances Discussed:


Bath and Body Works Golden Honeycomb candle

Wil...

Duration: 00:58:43
Ep 27: I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry
Dec 01, 2023

It's a classic for a reason. This week your favorite brunetted divas are talking about classique perfumes that have stood the test of (their) time. Tune in as they consider the butterfly effect of Santal 33, beg to sample a gorgonzola perfume, and finally dare to ask: what the fuck is oakmoss? If you'd like to smell like a pair of double Ds or a decision made in a boardroom, press play now or forever hold your peace.


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Fragrances Discussed:


Bo by Liis


Molecule 01 by Escentric Molecules


Duration: 01:17:18
Ep 26.5: The Comeback (feat. Steve Gontarski)
Nov 22, 2023

Steve was such an iconic guest that the ladies just had to eke out 25 more minutes before letting him out of their grasp. That's right, this week the brilliant and sexy Steve Gontarski is back to finish what he started with some throwback frags, holy grails, and a cacio e pepe perfume hot off the presses. Last ep left you wanting more? Hold still, Maddie and Chloe are here to administer your fragrance fix.


Follow Steve Gontarski on Tik Tok @myscentcollection and Insta @stevengontarski.


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Fragrances Discussed:


Mortel Noir by...

Duration: 00:25:15
Ep 26: It's Giving Master Class (feat. Steve Gontarski)
Nov 16, 2023

This week the ladies sit down with none other than world-famous fragrance influencer, LA perfume legend, and die-hard fraghead Steve Gontarski! You may know Steve from the @luckyscent instagram, as the manager of Scent Bar LA, or from his iconic frag reviews on Tik Tok. The gals find themselves honored, humbled, and absolutely obsessed as they chat with Steve about a veritable symphony of frags. Listen to them argue over the difference between Fran Drescher and Fran Liebovitz perfumes, reminisce about 2001 fashion merchandising, bond over the coziness of shampoo frags, rally against patchouliphobia and more. If you're looking for a Mas...

Duration: 02:06:01
Ep 25: The Blind Leading the Blind
Nov 10, 2023

Who's feeling lucky? This week the ladies roll the dice, pray to the perfume gods and finally click "add to cart." That's right, they're discussing the polarizing topic of fragrance Blind Buys and sharing the good, the bad and the completely random. It's a veritable potpourri of salon core aesthetics, shopping mall memories, drugstore standbys and a fragrance note described simply as Pure Cloud. Follow along as Maddie and Chloe tackle this week's tough questions: Is Olivia Rodrigo the only hope for our youth? Is it ever a good idea to buy a used perfume on Ebay? Is the price o...

Duration: 01:28:46
Ep 24: Too Weird to Wear
Nov 01, 2023

Well, they've finally done it. The ladies have found the freaky-deakiest frags that are too weird for even them to wear... or are they? Who wants to smell like a diorama in The Natural History Museum? What about a tangerine on fire? Honeyed goat cheese anyone? If you are looking to fall in love with a perfume that confuses everyone around you, you've come to the right place!  


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Fragrances Discussed:


Akro Ink 

Tom Ford Neroli Portofino

Byredo M/Mink

Jorum Studio Paradisi

Paloma Pi...

Duration: 01:17:46
Ep 23: Horsing Around
Oct 19, 2023

Get ready to really let your frag flag fly because this week the ladies are talking about positively ghoulish scents for Halloween. Listen in as they get skunked, keep warm under a campfire blanket, find the perfect duo costume, and finally apologize to the font community. Questions posed: Would you rather smell like Rodeo from Rock of Love or Tilda Swinton? Does Chloe have the perfume taste of a Gen-Xer? Will Maddie finally sport a breast plate this halloween? All this plus the perfect perfume formula to smell like a disgraced Los Angeles fine-dining legend. Pour up your Guru and get...

Duration: 01:25:07
Ep 22: Haunted Hot Girl Walk
Oct 13, 2023

Who's in the mood for some fresh froot? This week the ladies meet to discuss everyone's favorite topic: dating! They reveal their perfect date frags, their best and worst rendez-vous, and finally agree on what disappointment smells like. All that plus brunette vs blonde perfumes, a fragrance simulacrum, a sloppy toppy stoppy, and butterface scents. Maddie gets catfished and shares the perfect frag for getting laid at a wedding, while Chloe explains why if a guy's wearing sandalwood, she sandal wouldn't. If you like the sound of censor beeps and the smell of red flags and burning tires, you'll love th...

Duration: 01:22:31
Ep 21: Set it and Fragret It
Oct 04, 2023

This week the ladies take on a controversial topic: Fragrets, i.e. those frags that maybe didn't need to make it all the way into the cart after all. Listen as they discuss epic blind buys, perfume second tries, and a fragrance that smells deep fried. Chloe enters her convalescent cinephile era, Maddie climbs back on her Kyse bottle soapbox, and the gals debate which perfume was worn by Harvey Milk. All that plus an Ex Machina fragrance, a dirty little period piece, the art world's crippling fragrophobia, and a perfume application hot take you will NOT want to miss...

Duration: 01:17:22
Ep 20: The Artist is Present (feat. Casey Jane Ellison)
Sep 20, 2023

You are in for a treat this week hunnies! The ladies are joined by none other than performance art superstar, web series pioneer, and Los Angeles icon of style, the notorious Casey Jane Ellison! Listen in as Casey sits down with Maddie and Chloe to debate some of today's most pressing issues: Do you wash your feet? What does a big glossy art book smell like? Is Chloe's ankle tattoo a starfish or a graphic representation of her home state of New Jersey? All this PLUS latex wedding looks, red vines, a vinyl chair in a North Hollywood auto body sh...

Duration: 01:55:37
Ep. 19: I Dream of Kaia
Sep 13, 2023

Well now they've really done it! The ladies have listened to your voicemails and are ready to finally answer the question: what is THE definitive gay guy scent? Listen to them drink too much Guru organic energy, admit their undying love for Santal 33, and revisit style icon Justin Bobby. Chloe reveals a bisexual awakening and Maddie finally comes out as an ally. They're here, they're queer (?) get used to it.


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Fragrances Discussed:


Pink sugar by Aquolina

Angel by Mugler

Tonka Cola by Mancera

Jean Paul Ga...

Duration: 01:01:34
Ep 18: Mummies in Michaels (feat. Sam Buck)
Sep 06, 2023

This week the frag hags are in for a very special treat: Chloe and Maddie welcome Nose Candy's inaugural guest, gay country rockstar and LA icon, Sam Buck! Sam and the ladies contemplate shoplifting at Joann's, the declining popularity of ball odor, date rape graphic design, and finally dare to ask: what exactly makes a gay guy perfume? If you're looking to smell like a reusable shopping bag, big milky tatas, or a fresh urinal cake you have come to the right place! 


Can't get enough Sam Buck? Go stream his EP Out of Control on Spotify...

Duration: 01:30:37
Ep 17: The Dupisode
Aug 31, 2023

Your favorite bloodhounds are blessed, booked, and ready to sniff out the wheat from the chaff. This week they couldn't help but wonder: Is Walt Disney the original dupe-master? Is sapiosexuality a myth? Is it perfume or.....something else? Follow along as they discuss their favorite fragrance dupes, debate the growing popularity of orange marshmallow farts, and demand that more hot uber drivers wear sweatpants. Want to smell like dryer sheets? What about a tween on the eve of her bat mitzvah? Grab your faux fruitchouli and pour up your grape soda frag hags, this is a good one.


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Duration: 01:06:21
Ep 16: Christian Girl Autumn
Aug 24, 2023

Searching for the best scent to wear on a walk of shame? Well call your Uber and throw on last night's thong because the ladies are discussing everyone's favorite topic: hangover perfumes! This week the gals advise on fragrance merchandising, debunk a perfume myth, and toast to a creative Renaissance, all while trying not to puke up last night's tequila sodas. Chloe maintains her reign as Los Angeles' queen of country and Maddie returns to the perfume-making lab to master a Pink Sugar dupe. Follow along as the fraghags get patched up, share their much-rehearsed hangover prevention techniques, doubt their...

Duration: 01:18:11
Ep 15: Blame It On My Juice
Aug 17, 2023

Who’s ready for a hot yeast injection? This week Chloe tries her luck in Vegas, Maddie shares her pickup game, and the two ladies finally manage to score the best table at BJs. Listen as they debate the scent of the summer, share their respective criteria and trademark their newest venture: a scented coochie wash :) Hold on to your taints and get ready to over-apply because your fave frag freaks are back and more unhinged than ever!


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Fragrances Discussed:

Akro Smoke

Akro Bake

Una Tira d’Altra b...

Duration: 01:27:19
Ep 14: French Vanilla
Aug 09, 2023

Secure your jaunty little chapeau and log into Amazon Prime because the Nose Candy gals are back from summer vacation! Take a journey with them from the bargain basement to The Galleria to the beaches of Sorrento as they discuss tube top politics, Arabian night aesthetics, plastic swimwear and Nivea perfume.  Maddie runs away to Marseille and hires a male stripper on Long Island and while Chloe trolls r/fragrance and enters her zero waste era.


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Fragrances Discussed:


Les Belles Fragrances Eau de Cologne by Prestige de Menton

The...

Duration: 01:04:56
Ep 13: The Two Genders
Jun 29, 2023

God it smells good to be back! This week the ladies roll up their sleeves, expose their dainty little wrists, and spritz on some sugar AND spice. Listen in as they analyze their bitchy sherbit dreams, trade catfishing tales, and open the door to Italian guys with wet hair smells. Chloe reads The Idol for filth and escapes from New York while Maddie attends Dyke Day and rocks out on stage. Has their search for the perfect breakfast cereal perfume finally ended? Are pheromones a myth? Can a Muppet perfume be sexy? All this and more from your favorite celibacy...

Duration: 01:16:42
Ep 12: Thank You For Believing In My Weirdness
Jun 14, 2023

Come hop into the fruit bowl after a brief hiatus! This week, Team Pretty Bitches smell some 70s potpourri, shop for rotting fruit at the farmers market, listen to AI-generated pop, and talk MFA frags. Chloe buys seven (!) frags and burns CDs at the library while Maddie defends NFTs against angry men and continues her search for life-changing perfume.



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Fragrances Discussed:


Spirit Cask by Jorum Studios

Comme des Garçon Wonderwood 

Chokedee by Strangers Parfumerie

Comme des Garçon Marseilles

Tocadil...

Duration: 01:37:54
Ep 11: Milkvetch + Catchfly
May 26, 2023

This week the ladies avoid children, rally against sysphian beauty standards, and make an argument against bed frames. Smell along as they sniff eraserhead perfumes, kush accords, nail polish remover, 3-day old t-shirts, and milkvetch. Malibu yogurt covered pine needles, tan moms, Nepo baby models, Gen-X typefaces, creative director boudoirs, and perfume that smells like nothing at all? It's just another day in the life of these two psycho scent-obsessed sickos!


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Fragrances Discussed:


Gorseland by Jorum Studios

Rose highland by Jorum Studios

Healing Berry by Jorum Stud...

Duration: 01:43:42
Ep 10: Tomb Raider
May 17, 2023

Wanna smell a dead body? This week your favorite frag freaks talk corpse fragrances, tomb perfume, cheeseburger music, and an anise ménage à trois. Follow along as they explore Zoologist aesthetics, straight guys in gay bars, American Juniors, and Charli XCX. Chloe takes WeHo by storm and joins an eating-ass-skin support group, while Maddie shares her perfume wishlist and a new SUR to-go concept. Get ready to pull out your notepad and leave your brain at home this week sniffies!


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Fragrances Discussed:


Glossier You

Masque Milano l'Attesa

L'Heu...

Duration: 01:52:28